A Million Thumbs Up!

After the kids opened their Christmas presents downstairs, we told them we had one more present upstairs.  We led them up the stairs and out the front door.
Surprise!  A motorhome!

The kids were so excited!  Gavin already knew about it (we can't be sneaky enough for him), but Enoch and Kate were so surprised.  Enoch said, "You got this last night?  I can't believe it!"  We actually bought it in October and kept it at Greg's dad's house (it's permanent parking place).
It was a long process finding this present.  We have been thinking about a motor home for a little while.  It made sense for our growing family.  We started looking during the summer.  We looked locally, nationally and were not finding anything that worked for us in our budget.  One night, Greg and I were both frustrated, we decided that it just wasn't working, that maybe this was Heavenly Father's way of telling us to wait.  The next day, my dad (in Africa) called Greg at worked at advised him to look immediately at a listing on KSL.com and to go see it after work.  Greg called, drove to South Ogden, checked out the motor home and bought it.  Yikes!  I can't believe he bought it without me seeing it, but he said he knew right away that it was ours.  No question - it was for our family.  And under budget!
I was so surprised at how well it was taken care of, inside and out.  It is an upgraded model and so they are a lot of extras that we were not expecting.  Everything worked great and looked wonderful.  It was such a blessing to find it.

After adding a few personal touches, the motor home was ready for Christmas.  As you can see, it was a big hit!  Each of the kids had a bundle waiting for them inside.  It included a fleece blanket (that Mom made), a towel with their name of it, a Book of Mormon and a toothbrush to keep in the motor home.

 Enoch said, "If I had a million thumbs, they would all be up!"

 

Now, we can't wait to use it.